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AAMC Reporter: July 2007

In the News

Five Years Later, Resident Hours Limits Still Debated
July marks the five-year anniversary of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's decision to limit resident duty hours to 80 per week.

Study: Medical Schools Should Incorporate Obesity into Curricula
A new report is calling for a change in the way tomorrow's doctors think about and treat overweight and obese patients.

Found in Translation: Hospitals Improve Quality Through Language Services
The latest in the Reporter's "Models in Quality" series examines a new program that is attempting to improve the quality of patient care by improving translation and other language services in the hospital setting.

Gay Discrimination Still Exists in Medical Schools
A recent AAMC survey found that bias and even hostility against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender medical students is more prevalent than previously thought.

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In Every Issue

A Word from the President
"The Physician Workforce: Avoiding the Tyranny of the 'Either–Or"

S. Ward Casscells, M.D., U.S. Department of Defense

Viewpoint
"The Present and Future of Military Health Education"
S. Ward Casscells, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense

The Back Page
"Rowing to the Next Adventure"
An avid kayaking habit has led Dennis Charney, M.D., dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, to visit some of the world's most beautiful places.

The Print Issue

Incubating Universal Health Care: Three State-Based Experiments
Students Trek into Wilderness Medicine Programs
Author Q&A: An Insight into Global Health

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The AAMC Reporter (ISSN 1544-0540), the association's flagship news publication, covers major programs and initiatives at the AAMC and member institutions, as well as the broader issues that affect the academic medical community. Each month, the AAMC Reporter informs the academic medicine community with articles on conferences and meetings addressing critical issues; enlightens with timely features on topics as diverse as medical student community service, women's health education, and affirmative action; notifies constituents of upcoming AAMC events; and alerts readers to future shifts in the ever-changing medical education and health care environments through analytical articles written by experts in the field. Subscribe now.